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Wednesday, 14 March 2007

He dropped out of American Idol citing personal reasons and still managed to score a record deal with music pioneer Clive Davis. But long rumored gay AI finalist Mario Vasquez’s lucky streak has hit a major pothole with accusations he tried to masturbate in front of a male employee in a bathroom on the set of Idol in 2005.

Vasquez cited his personal need to leave weeks after the alleged incident took place, and now, Magdaleno Olmos, assistant accountant for Fremantle Media, the company that produces American Idol, has filed a sexual harassment suit against the singer.

Olmos makes various claims in his suit, including an accusation that Vasquez pulled down his pants in the men’s restroom and began rubbing his genitals. Vazquez then allegedly asked Olmos "if he wanted oral sex."